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nom⋅i⋅na⋅tive

  [nom-uh-nuh-tiv, nom-nuh- or, for 2, 3, nom-uh-ney-tiv]
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–adjective
1. Grammar.
a. (in certain inflected languages, as Sanskrit, Latin, and Russian) noting a case having as its function the indication of the subject of a finite verb, as in Latin Nauta bonus est “The sailor is good,” with nauta “sailor” in the nominative case.
b. similar to such a case in function or meaning.
2. nominated; appointed by nomination.
3. made out in a person's name, as a certificate or security.
–noun Grammar.
4. the nominative case.
5. a word in the nominative case.
6. a form or construction of similar function or meaning.
Origin:
1350–1400; < L nominātīvus (see nominate, -ive ), r. ME nominatif < MF < L as above

Related forms:
nom⋅i⋅na⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
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nom·i·na·tive   (nŏm'ə-nā'tĭv)   
adj.  
    1. Appointed to office.
    2. Nominated as a candidate for office.
  2. Having or bearing a person's name: nominative shares.
  3. (-nə-tĭv) Grammar Of, relating to, or being the case of the subject of a finite verb (as I in I wrote the letter) and of words identified with the subject of a copula, such as a predicate nominative (as children in These are his children).
n.   Grammar (-nə-tĭv)
  1. The nominative case.
  2. A word or form in the nominative case.
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Nominative

Nom"i*na*tive\, a. [L. nominativus belonging to a name, nominative.] (Gram.) Giving a name; naming; designating; -- said of that case or form of a noun which stands as the subject of a finite verb. -- n. The nominative case.
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nominative 
1387, "grammatical case dealing with the subject of a verb," from M.Fr. nominatif, from L. nominativus "pertaining to naming," from nominatus, pp. of nominare (see nominate).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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